The Brief
- Public tips flooded the Kennesaw Police Department, leading to the arrest of a local criminal defense attorney following a violent road rage confrontation.
- Police charged Richard Craven after video captured a driver repeatedly punching a truck’s window and door during a dispute in Kennesaw.
- A passenger in the targeted truck recounted how the aggressive driver folded up his license plate to hide his identity during the incident.
KENNESAW, Ga. – An Acworth criminal defense attorney faces multiple charges after community tips led Kennesaw police to arrest him for a violent, videotaped road rage incident.
Kennesaw police investigation
What we know:
Forty-six-year-old Richard Craven was booked into the Cobb County Jail on Wednesday. Kennesaw Police say Craven is the man seen in a viral video hitting and punching the driver’s side door and window of a truck last month.
The confrontation began in downtown Kennesaw while two men in a truck were traveling at the 25 mph speed limit, according to a passenger who asked to remain anonymous. Craven allegedly grew angry, honked his horn, yelled, passed the truck in a turn lane, and then got stuck at a red light.…